Apparatus for coating confectionery.



J. HAYTHORNTHWAITE.

APPARATUS FOR COATING GONFBOTIONERY.

Patented May 27, 1913.

APPLICATION TILED APB- 10. 1911.

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APPARATUS FOR COATING CONFE C TIONERY.

Specification of Lettersratent.

- Patented May 27, 1913.

Application filed April 10, 1911. Serial No. 620,130. I

To all whom it may concern Be itlmown that I, JOHN VVJLFRID HAY-THQRNTHWAITE, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland,residing at 125 Chapel House road, Nelson, in the county of Lancaster,England, manager of gum factory, have invented a new or ImprovedApparatus for Coating Confectionery, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improved means and apparatus for crystallizingor coating jellies, gums, pastils fondants and the like with sugar, withthe object of dispensing with hand labor as ordinarily required.

In the accompanying drawing to which I hereinafter referyFigur 1 is aside view, Fig. 2 aplan, and Fig. 3 an end view ofapparatus for thepurpose hereinbefore named constructed according to .this invention;Fig. 4 is a side view and Fig. 5 an end View of steam chest and conveyeremployed in combination with the aforesaid apparatus.

In these views the same letters refer to like parts.

According to this invention and for the purpose'hereinbefore named, Iconnect to the delivery end of an ordinary starch cleanin machine whichis raised to a convenient height from the floor, a spreader b that isformed of a corrugated perforated plate, the corrugations divergingoutward toward each side; said spreader has an oscillating and vibratingmotion imparted to it by being connected to the discharge tube a of thestarch cleaning machine that is oscillated and vibrated in the ordinarymanner by means of a cam or an eccentric, thereby causing the goods thatare delivered on to the spreader from the cleaning machine to be spreadon to the fiat surface of a constantly erforated belt 0, which iscarried over rollers g and g placed respectively at each end of the"machine, the outer end of the spreader b resting on a transverse rollerI) placed a little above the belt 0." said perforated belt 0 passesthrough a steam chest d in which steam jets-c are arranged aboveandbelow the belt by which the goods are moistened.

After passing through the steam chest, the belt passes over the roller9' at an acute angle, causing the goods to fall off the belt on to ashelf f and then on to a second shelf f which is in the form of a sieve,both shelves'haviug a lip f" on their edges and oscillated by a cam oran eccentric as f: a

constant supply of powdered sugar is deliver-ed on to the first shelf ffrom a hopper j, and as the goods fall thereon from the belt 0 the sugaradheres to-the moistened surfaces of the goods, which are caused by theoscillation of the shelf 7 to pass on to the second shelf or sieve f,through which the surplus sugar falls into a hopper 1", where it isdried by the heat from the coils e' in the chopper, said coils beingheated by the exhaustand partiall condensed steam from the steam chestpassing through them in said hopper, and the sugar is returned to thesource of supply from whidh the hopper j is fed by a conveyer as k: thecontinuous oscillation of the shelves f and f causes the goods to bedelivered to wire bottomed trays which are then placed on an endlesstraveling belt Z (Fig. 4;). that-is operated by an endless chain m,which conveys the trays through a steam chest ;0 in which partia lydissolved and fixed to. the goods,

which are left to dry and are then ready for sale or export.

Motion is given to the belt 0 from the main drive 9 by said belt passingbetween the rollers 9 g, and it is cleaned on both sides by the brushes0 ,0 fitted in reversed positions Having thus described my invention,

.what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1.'Thecombination in a coating machine of a steam chest; a'conveyer passingthrough said chest; a movable shelf formin a container for coatingmaterial and placed to receive articlesfrom said conveyer; means foroscillating said container; means for separating the coated articlesfrom the surplus coating material after they have passed from thecontainer; and a device for partially dissolving the coating on thecoated articles and thereby fixing it to the latter.

2. The combination in a coating machine of a steam-chest; a conveyerpassing therethrough; means for delivering articles to be coated to saidconveyer; means for delivering coating material to such articles afterthey have been passed through the steam-chest; a second steam-chest; andmeans for conveying the coated articles through the same.

3. The combination in a coating machine of two steam-chests; twoconveyers .respectively passing through said steam-chests;

means for feeding articles to be coated to one of said conveyers; anoscillatory structure placed to receive articles to be coated from saidlatter conveyer and deliver articles to the second conveyer; means fordelivering coating material to the articles ,While they are on saidoscillatory. structure; and means for removing surplus material from thearticles after they have been coated and before they are delivered tothe second conveyer.

4. The combination in a coating machine of a conveyer; means formoistening articles while they are on said conveyer; an oscillatorystructure placed to receive articles from the conveyer and constitutinga container for coating material; means for supplying coating materialto the articles while they are on said oscillatory structure; and amovablestructure for separating the surplus coating material from thearticles after they have been coated.

5. The combination in a coating machine of a conveyer; means forsupplying articles to be coated to said conveyer; means for moisteningarticles on the conveyer; an oscillatory container placed to receivearticles from the conveyer and formed to hold coating material; meansfor supplying coating material to the articles in said container; amovable sieve placed to receive. ,articles from the container forseparating surplus 'coating material therefrom; with means formoistening the articles after they have been coated.

6. The combination in a coat-ing machine ofa conveyer; means forsupplying articles to be coated to said conveyer; means for moisteningarticles on the conveyer; an oscillatory container placed to receivearticles from the conveyer; means for supplyin coating material to thearticles in said container; a movable sieve placed to receive articlesfrom the container for separating surplus coating material therefrom; aconveyer placed to receive articles from said sieve; and means formoistening the coated articles while theyare on said latter conveyer.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W-ILFRID HAYTHORNTHWAITE.

Witnesses THos. PRESCOTT, HAROLD WALKER.

